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The Sts. Peter and Paul Basilica is in Rome's EUR district. The area has seen a rise in prostitution, and authorities have approved plans for a red light zone where prostitution will be officially tolerated in certain areas. While much of the community ap

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Rome's Plan For Prostitutes Upsets Sex Workers And The Catholic Church

9:40am April 09, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

One neighborhood is creating a "zone of tolerance" to confine prostitutes to certain areas. The community likes it and says it had to act because Italian society has failed to address the issue.

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Greece Cracks Down On Longtime Tax Evasion Problem

7:24pm April 08, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Greeks don't trust their own state to give them good services, so for decades they have evaded taxes.

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A security guard at the General Motors factory outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Opel, the European arm of GM, announced last week it was withdrawing from the Russian market, where sales are falling.

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Foreign Carmakers Shift Into Reverse In Russia

7:21pm April 08, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

General Motors and Volkswagen are closing plants there and laying off workers. Economic problems have led to an estimated 35 percent drop in the once-booming Russian car market.

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In an elaborate crime that went undetected until Tuesday morning, thieves broke into a safe deposit center used by many jewelers. Here, a woman believed to be a police forensics officer emerges from the building.

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London Thieves Take Up To $300 Million In Gems In Easter Heist

10:12am April 08, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The daring crime targeted Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, which is used by many firms in London's jewelry quarter to store their wares.

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German Program Helps Families De-Radicalize Members Prone To Extremism

8:07am April 08, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with counselor Daniel Koehler about a German program to help families de-radicalize members who turn to extremism and violent ideology.

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Maria Altmann fought her way to the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Austrian government to give back this painting by Gustav Klimt of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer.

After Nazi Plunder, A Quest To Bring Home The 'Woman In Gold'

3:43pm April 07, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

A new movie tells the true story of Maria Altmann, who fought her way to the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Austrian government to return a painting of her aunt.

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Greece Puts A Number On Nazi-Era Reparations From Germany

1:04pm April 07, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas told a parliamentary panel the figure was about $305.17 billion. It's the first time Greece has set a figure for the German occupation in the 1940s.

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Bomb Attacks Increase In Ukraine's Second-Largest City, Kharkiv

2:56pm April 06, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Kharkiv has largely escaped the ravages of the war until recently. It has been hit by several terrorist bombings, including a blast at a Ukrainian national unity rally last month that killed 4 people.

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World Leaders Reach Tentative Deal In Iranian Nuclear Talks

2:49pm April 06, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Iran and six world powers announced Thursday that they have reached a framework that puts them on track for a nuclear deal within three months.

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A 16th century woodcut shows the interior of a kitchen. In medieval Europe, cooks combined contrasting flavors and spices in much the same way that Indian cooking still does today.

How Snobbery Helped Take The Spice Out Of European Cooking

12:57pm April 06, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Complex, contrasting flavors are a hallmark of Indian cooking. They used to dominate Western food, too. What changed? When spices became less exclusive, Europe's elite revamped their cuisines.